One of the most exciting and promising areas of neuroscience is
our ever growing understanding of how events occurring at one
level of organization influence and control events at another
perhaps very distant level of organization. An example of this
would be the influence of a dopamine receptor-blocking drug upon
the abnormal behavioral symptoms in schizophrenic patients.
While numerous levels of organization exist, neuroscientists
generally focus on perhaps one or two levels, be it molecules,
receptors, cells, systems, organisms or behavior. This
concentration of effort upon a particular level provides crucial
information, for example, the binding coefficients of drugs to
receptors, yet yields little knowledge of the function and
activity of those receptors in the generation of behavior.
An overarching objective of neuroscience is to understand the
principles and mechanisms underlying behavior at all levels, from
molecules and cells through systems and organisms. Only by
examining the interrelationships of activity occurring at
different levels can statements begin to be made regarding the
determinants of behavioral processes. Characterizing such
underlying determinants entails not only empirical investigations
that bridge different levels, but theoretical developments which
provide a conceptual framework within which to interpret the
empirical findings meaningfully.
This satellite symposium will bring together investigators
working at different levels of neural organization, and provide a
forum for open discussion of the practical and theoretical links
between these levels.
Session chairs are: John Jeka (University of Maryland), J.A.
Scott Kelso (Florida Atlantic University), Miguel Nicolelis (Duke
University) and Jeffrey Sutton (Harvard University School of
Medicine)
C A L L F O R P O S T E R S
This announcement constitutes a call for posters to be
presented in conjunction with the Symposium. Please
submit poster abstracts, in the same format used for the
Society forNeuroscience Annual Meeting, to D. Glanzman at:
dynamics@helix.nih.gov
C A L L F O R P O S T E R S
Symposium information and a tentative schedule can be accessed
via the World Wide Web at:
http://sulcus.berkeley.edu/DynNeuro/DynNeuro96.html
Registration is limited, and advanced registration is required.
Please contact Matt Burdetsky at The Centech Group, Inc., c/o
NIMH Symposium on Dynamical Neuroscience, 4200 Wilson Blvd.,
Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22203 (703) 812-5396 Fax: (703)
525-2349 E-mail: mburdetsky@centechgroup.com
Sincerely,
Dennis L. Glanzman, Ph.D.
Chief, Theoretical and Computational
Neuroscience Research Program
(301) 443-1576 Fax: (301) 443-4822